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Windows 7 Upgrade Gotcha

So we’ve been talking about Windows 7, and how it can be a game changer for business.  And you, realizing that Windows XP is about 8 years old, are considering the change. You skipped Vista because you heard so many not-so-great-things about it, but early reports on Windows 7 have been extremely positive, so you’re [...]

Windows 7 Backup

We’re almost done looking at how Windows 7 can be a game changer for business. Which is probably good because Windows 7 is due out in just a hair over 2 months. And this week we’ll be looking at what I consider to be one of the most important features of the new operating system… [...]

Windows 7 – Touch Screen Support

One of the things I’m really excited about with Windows 7 is the native support for touch screens. Especially given that so-called “all-in-one” PC’s are starting to come out into the mainstream as well.
So how can this be a game changer? And how can it benefit your business?

Windows 7 – Are You Ready?

For a few months now, we have been using the latest iteration of the Windows operating system, called Windows 7. And in all honesty I have to say that in my opinion, this one is a winner.
Does it have all the latest features? No, but it has most of them. It also brings mainstream a [...]

New Domain Names

For medium sized companies with aspirations of becoming really big, this is one to play close attention to.
There’s a move by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to expand the name space used for what are called top-level domains. In short, there are a few top-level domain in the world, such as [...]

Service Packs

I was visiting a client his week, and I came across a situation that I’ve seen a number of times. They were running a relatively new version of some software, but they were behind a service pack level (they were running service pack 1, and the current recommended level is SP2).
I was thinking about this [...]